Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Fee Paying Schools
Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the costs involved in the transfer of Kilkenny College from fee-paying status to public school status; if she will provide a detailed comparison of the costs incurred by her Department between the time when the school was fee-paying and its current status as a public school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37837/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The net indicative cost to teacher salaries in Kilkenny College which transferred to the free education scheme in 2013/14 is in the order of €430,000. This had reduced to approx. €340,000 in the current school year due to the increase in pupil enrolments.
It is expected that any further increase in enrolments in the following years will further offset the issue of the extra Department funded teaching posts.
Capitation and Capital Grants provided to Kilkenny College were as follows:
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2013 | €3,128,634 |
| 2014 | €416,800 |
The capital grant was utilised by the school to meet liabilities incurred for building and associated works undertaken which would have been eligible for consideration for such funding, that would otherwise be met from fee income, had the school not entered the Free Education Scheme.
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